Originating from Ferrara, Italy and Melilli, Sicily, the Corvo family immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. This sauce is their secret family recipe.

This sauce was lovingly called Daddy Sauce by Jackie, Secret Sauce Co NZ’s founder, because it was her dad Cesare's recipe that he made on special occasions. When he did cook the sauce, it was an all-day process. Cesare would start early in the morning and the sauce would simmer all day long. The house was so aromatic during the sauce cooking process, and there was always jazz music playing in the background.

At night, the family would gather expectantly around the table to enjoy the delicious sauce that had fragranced the house all day. We hope that as you and your family gather around the table to eat our family's sauce, you experience the same sense of deep-rooted Italian-American tradition that we have enjoyed for decades. 

This sauce is a rich, tomato-based, meat sauce. This sauce is prepared the same way as our Original Flavour but with meatballs added into the sauce during the cooking method, which enhances the savory depth of the sauce’s flavour. The meatballs cook in the sauce, allowing the flavours from the meat to infuse with the flavours from the sauce, resulting in a beautiful, robust sauce that will make your mouth water. This sauce will complement a bed of pasta or any recipe that calls for sauce.